San Benito County, California
San Benito County, California has 7 power projects in the FieldProspects database: 5 operating plants totaling 148.4 MW and 2 planned projects totaling 224.9 MW. No data center record lists the county. Solar leads with 260.9 MW across 6 projects.
San Benito County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 5 of its 5 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.
Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers
more planned than operating generation in San Benito County. 2 projects in the queue would add 224.9 MW to the 148.4 MW operating today.
Technology mix
7 projects, 373.3 MW planned and operating
Power generation in the county
5 plants operate inside San Benito County, 148.4 MW of solar. The queue adds 224.9 MW across 2 projects.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in San Benito County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solar | Operating | 5 | 148.4 |
| Solar | Planned | 1 | 112.5 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 1 | 112.4 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2030 | 2 | 224.9 |
San Benito County against its neighbors
Santa Clara County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 1.9 GW. 5 of the 5 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.
| County | Data center records | Data center MW | Operating generation MW | Planned generation MW | Data center MW per MW operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Clara County | 51 | 1,190 | 1x | ||
| Fresno County | 0 | 21,505 | 0x | ||
| Monterey County | 0 | 3,400 | 0x | ||
| Merced County | 0 | 6,993 | 0x | ||
| San Benito County this page | 0 | 225 | 0x | ||
| Santa Cruz County | 0 | 204 | 0x |
Data center MW counts records planned, under construction and operating. Generation is inside the county only. Neighbors without a page have fewer than three projects on record.
6 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
2 projects in San Benito County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in San Benito County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 2 changes.
| Project | Change | Technology | MW | Previous date | New date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rows are hidden on public pages. Members see the project behind each change, its developer and the dates that moved.
Every record in San Benito County
Project name, developer, status, MW, in-service year and the developer’s contacts, for all 7 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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